Cheadle described himself as a Republican, but said he would not necessarily vote for Trump even after attending his rallies.

"When you come from the inner city, seeing someone like Trump is so far removed from my thinking,” he said. “I wanted to see a presidential candidate. I'm open to attend his rallies, but I'm not necessarily going to vote for him."

“I'm an 1856 Republican like the white Republicans back then who were trying to free the black slaves — fighting for the people, not corporations," he added. "Hillary Clinton is all about power and money.”

.@jordansarge I am the protester attacked at the Tucson rally. I did not wear a hood of any kind! Trump has told this lie repeatedly.

"So when the African-American cold-cocked this guy, this guy never knew what happened ... We have tremendous African-American support," the real estate mogul assured.

However, the protester described by Trump says he never wore a hood of any kind. Video of the event, in Tuscon, Arizona, shows him being escorted out along with another protester, a woman who was wearing a KKK hat. She took it off as she was walked up the stairs toward the exit.

A man who identified himself as the protester said on Twitter that he had never met the woman and attended the rally alone.

“I am the protester attacked at the Tucson rally,” Bryan Sanders tweeted late Friday. “I did not wear a hood of any kind! Trump has told this lie repeatedly.”